Global software executive with 20 years of technical and business leadership experience at Microsoft, HP, SAP and an IPO software company. Managed ~$1 bn businesses and 2000+ people organizations. My track record is to consistently over-deliver on business growth, product development and transformation for effectiveness and efficiency. I have built strong, passionate teams across the US, Europe and Asia that remained sustainable, key assets. Some recent achievements are delivering the ground-breaking Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015: Cloud-ready, "in" Office 365 and "on" Azure", the software development for SAP’s award winning CRM 7.0 product, quadrupling the growth of a global line of service to 40% year-on-year, and transforming a large engineering organization, changing half the workforce and achieving 40+% efficiencies within one year. A global citizen, I have an international family, English, German and Swedish language fluency, a working knowledge of French and professional experience that spans the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Chief Technology Officer @ Chief Technology Officer at Unit4 responsible for implementing Unit4’s product vision across the full product lifecycle comprising product management, application architecture, and research and development for all Unit4 solutions. Leads Unit4’s innovation team at a time of significant investment in technology and innovation at the company. Last year Unit4 committed to doubling R&D capacity to accelerate innovation efforts. From June 2015 to Present (5 months) Utrecht Area, NetherlandsGeneral Manager SMB ERP & Copenhagen Engineering @ Responsible for the worldwide business with Microsoft Dynamics’ solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, including long-term strategy and technology direction as well as product definition and engineering of on-premises and cloud products. From September 2012 to May 2015 (2 years 9 months) Copenhagen Area, DenmarkVice President Engineering, Business Solutions @ From July 2011 to August 2012 (1 year 2 months) GlobalSenior Vice President, Global Head of Custom Development @ From January 2010 to July 2011 (1 year 7 months) Senior Vice President, Head of CRM Development @ Senior Vice President and Head of Development of SAP CRM From November 2006 to December 2009 (3 years 2 months) Vice President @ Vice President CRM Development, Marketing and Analytics From April 2001 to October 2006 (5 years 7 months) Vice President (Bereichsleiter) @ From April 1999 to March 2001 (2 years)

MBA, Business Administration @ Mannheim Business School / ESSEC (Paris) From 2009 to 2010 PhD, Computer Science @ Kungliga tekniska högskolan / KTH Royal Institute of Technology From 1982 to 1986 Erik Tiden is skilled in: Leadership, Management, Full P&L Responsibility, Software Development, Business Development, People Development, Technology, Team Building, Product Management, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Go-to-market Strategy, Cloud Computing, Product Development, ERP, SAP, IT Strategy, Agile Methodologies, Analytics, Strategy, CRM, Business Intelligence, P&L Management